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This section looks at the demand for COBOL skills within the Leicester region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBOL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.
 COBOL |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 57 | 36 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -21 |
| Matching permanent IT job ads | 10 | 30 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.012 % |
| As % of the category below | 3.215 % | 8.357 % |
| Salaries quoted | 9 | 30 |
| Average minimum salary | £34,111 | £30,417 |
| Average salary | £34,500 | £31,583 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.23 % |
| Average maximum salary | £34,889 | £32,750 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,337 | £34,554 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.26 % |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 311 | 359 |
| As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled | 0.164 % | 0.147 % |
| Salaries quoted | 287 | 322 |
| Average minimum salary | £28,400 | £29,465 |
| Average salary | £31,003 | £31,350 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.10 % |
| Average maximum salary | £33,607 | £33,235 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £35,180 | £35,575 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.10 % |
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COBOL
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBOL across the Leicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
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